Care statistics

You asked

1. How many people (over the age of 65) require care in the regions of England

2. Can you please provide a breakdown of the above in terms of:
   a. How many of them are in residential care
   b. How many of them are in non-residential (i.e. in their own homes)
   

3. Can you please provide a breakdown of the above in terms of:
   a. Basic care (i.e. Companionship)
   b. Home Care (i.e. Domestic chores)
   c. High need care (i.e. High touch care e.g. Alzheimer’s etc.)

4. Can you please provide a breakdown of the people in terms of:
   a. Self-Paying people
   b. People availing Direct Payments and making their own choices on carers and facilities
   c. People on Personal budgets making their own choices on carers and facilities
   d. People on Personal budgets but have asked the Council to make choices on their behalf

We said

Thank you for your request. Following a search of our electronic and paper records I can confirm that the information requested is not held by the Office for National Statistics.

This information may be available from either the Department for Work and Pensions:

Or the Health and Social Care Information Centre: